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It has been a while. After a Vindicator and a Land Raider (see my gallery for those) i started new long-term project. The idea is a new design for tanks based on Ben Wottons design studies for a Halo scorpion tank. It will be basically the same chassis for anything that is Chimera- or Leman Russ based. The original Scorpion design will eventually be built as a Macharius. Progress is extremely slow, because time is sparse and everything is scratch built. Including all the weapons. ok, you are waiting for photos... (Click them for larger versions in the B&C gallery) First, the heavy weapons for hull, Chimera turrets and sponsons. So far i have heavy bolters (turned out quite small), heavy flamers, lascannons ans multilasers. An early stage of the Chimera turret with multilaser, HKM and heavy stubber. The second set of the latter two is intended for a Leman Russ. I should have made the stubber replaceable... Welle, in the next one. An early stage of the generic chassis Progress on the chassis with Leman Russ turret and punisher cannon. Magntised, hull mounted Heavy Bolter is equiped. ...and how it looks today with a couple of added details and a few more Details missing.

I have no idea if i will ever play that army... but since i scratch-built my first tank, i knew that one day i would build a tank company. I know that there will be almost no GW-parts in that army. Maybe a few weapons, but the infantry will consist of Dreamforge Eisenkern and Mantic GCPS Marines. How does that fit together? I already have a background story in my head that would suffice for a small novel. Maybe i will write it down here some day. The first three infantry squads already wait in a box. But what i wanted in the first place was TANKS! Such a pity that i have no love for the WW1 aesthetics of the Empire. With modern looking marines and futuristic Wehrmacht-like troopers i want something that matches the degree of futurstic design. Eventually, i stumbled upon Ben Wottons design for a Halo scorpion tank for a movie that was never produced. With a few minor adjustments, this is going to be a counts-as Macharius. Even if i do not like the original GW-design, i like the concept of a shared platform and tied-in design of a vehicle range. Though, i am simplifying it a bit more. Leman Russ and Chimera share the same chassis. You may have realized by now, that i am designing the whole vehicle range from scratch based on the image above. No kit-bashing, no existing parts. Everything made from cardboard, plasticard and whatever materials i come across. So far, i have a 90% finished LemanRuss/chimera chassis with magnetised sponsons and a LR turret with a Punisher cannon. The chimera turret turned out not so well and will be remade. In addition, i also have a 50% finished Artillery tank. Obviously, this is a Armageddon pattern Basilisk. A Medusa cannon will follow. So far, all secondary weapons are scratch built as well.. Alas, my thread in the WIP section did not raise much interest. This is a Space Marine forum after all... So, a few fotos of the current state (click to enlarge): actually not a current shot, secondary turret weapons, smoke launchers and a few details are done, but still missing on the foto. The heavy weapons so far. an older shot so you get an impression of the tank tracks